tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465000255127647105.post8593514717284603648..comments2023-07-12T07:28:34.805-06:00Comments on On or Off the Mark: “GE”—Bringing Bad things to Life?Mark Warren Reinhardthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405455778972463496noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465000255127647105.post-91223828761548977862008-01-18T17:14:00.000-07:002008-01-18T17:14:00.000-07:00"I swear there has been more written and said abou..."I swear there has been more written and said about this issue the past few months than any other health or environmental issue I can remember—ever."<BR/><BR/>It is hard to tell when you originally wrote this as you claim these are recycled articles, but global warming and corn growth and subsidy for the use of ethanol, and resulting increased food prices, are the big topics now. Much of the genetic engineering is being done on corn. If it is going to be used to make ethanol, does it matter? Monsanto makes Roundup, the least harmful of the pesticides in use, and the most widely used, so I wonder about the argument against Monsanto crops. Would you prefer crops from Chile or Mexico, where other chemical companies are dumping the chemicals banned in the US? Whenever anyone begins a rant about pesticides, I think about the increase of Malaria in Africa, after the publication of "Silent Spring" and the ceasing of spraying of DDT, the great increase in Malaria, and the resulting return to DDT spraying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com